Formal Attire by Megan Bogonovich

Formal Attire by Megan Bogonovich, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Just a little blast from the past. A good blast.
Megan Bogonovich, artist - little man inside in a tux: chuckie

Danny Mansmith

What can I say except that I really love Danny's work. This necklace has me reeling. Which is perfect because they are fabulous circles...

Poets in the Gallery (3)

image of work by Tim Christensen

The Poetry Society of New Hampshire
in collaboration with artstream gallery
will present on Saturday April 2nd beginning at 5PM
ten poets reading poems written in response
to art created by visual artists,
a process otherwise known as ekphrasis.

The lineup of poets and artists come from various parts of New Hampshire and Maine and include:
Mark DeCarteret, S Steph, Redbeard Bullrider, John Ferguson, Gordon Lang, Kyle Potvin, Patricia Frisella , Anna Birch, John-Michael Albert, Neil English, Deb Wheeler Bean, James Chase, Lindy Carroll, Crystal Follansbee, Michelle Baker, Tim Christensen, Chris Volpe, Susan Schwake, and Leigh English.

Art will be for sale after the program. The Gallery is located at 56 North Main Street in Rochester, NH. The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.

Busy hands

Untitled, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

In the studio: Lots of clay action goings on in the studio here at artstream. Little nesting bowls made of clay with special imprints and glazing techniques. Everyone is working on pieces which we will feature in our upcoming June exhibit at the Rochester Public Library! Did you hear? Our new summer classes, camps and workshops are on line! Yay - spring must really be here! Somewhere!

it really should be springtime...

it really should be springtime..., originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

... and it does come closer, but it slipped back this week. It's freezing right now and luckily I have a load of writing today to do on my book so I can view the sunshine from inside and keep the windy cold outside!
Here's to a productive Sunday!

6 more days left ....

I know I have been hammering this one home, but it is so important to me. We are up to $1920 in aid for the effort for Japan through The Working Proof and Doctors without Borders. Thank you for bearing with me and thank you for your support! Share this with your friends please and help us reach $3000!

Students working

Students working, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

A quick hello from the studio! Yes, it's been a busy start to 2011 ... some exciting news of my book becoming a reality this year - and working on it with my husband behind the camera -- and the finest publisher anyone could ever imagine. Quarry books will be publishing it in 2012. For now though here is a quick shot of one of my student's warm up sketches. It's just a day in the life! What are you drawing?

Color ruled my weekend ...

Lots of fun and creativity in colors of the rainbow happened this weekend at artstream. It's incredible to work with tiny tools, beeswax, (oh it smells heavenly), and smooth white eggs! Pysanky eggs are wonderful to make and we had so much fun that we are doing it all again on April 19th. Sign up now to learn a wonderful traditional art of Ukrainian egg decorating. Everyone from age 7 and up can try this!

Paul Timmons

Paul Timmons - an artist from the Seacoast of NH - and an exhibitor at artstream, is making fabulous calendars. This is the March to March one I got from him this week. I love it. Above are a couple of shots of the months. More on Paul in the coming months. Check the back pages here for other details on Paul.

Help for Japan

I am thrilled to announce that beginning today for two weeks my print Birds in the Bush will be offered for sale at the Working Proof to help the relief effort in Japan.

Please help us spread the word as well! Click through here for more details and help with this small measure to make a difference.

Fun with ink

Just a couple photos of last night's fun with ink. I had my mixed media students working with their inner doodles, in ink. These are mine as I didn't think to shoot theirs last night! A grey day is a good day for a serious doodle session ... These were done with a popsicle stick and some India Ink.

Scenes from an opening ...

Come Spring

need we say more? Join us Saturday from 5-7 p.m. to think springlike thoughts...

Hello March!

In like a lamb today, but there is still quite a bit of ice to be found around the edges of the place. Watch your step! As you can see by the photo there are plenty of bare walls and pedestals to fill. That's tomorrow. Until then- you should take a last look online at the exhibits from before. We are working hard right now on our new site and shop - new new new. I just love that word! Till then ...

Goodbye February

It's a "wintry-mix" out there today so they say, but that doesn't stop my enjoying the last day of this glorious month. Sure we have to go a little slower on the roads - but there is something simply beautiful about all this white.

We had a beautiful weekend with both of our daughters and ventured out to Boston on Saturday to get a tour of the MFA program at Emerson college. It was spectacular and I am secretly hoping that daughter Grace is accepted there for her creative writing studies. They have a wonderful publishing program too, which she is interested in as well. In the gallery we are gearing up for another exhibition: "Come Spring" with works from Chris Volpe - local lush landscape painter and Molly Bosley - RI artist whose papercuts, drawings, embroidery work and collage has graced our walls and this time around will be filled with very affordable multiple layer papercuts. Pretty exciting! To top off this exhibition we will be showing Leigh Pennebaker's wire sculptures. Stay tuned for more peeks from the show (See above!)

In the studio ...

Renee workin it, originally uploaded by artstreamstudios.

Everyone in our clay class has been working so hard to make their human inspired busts. Renee tackled the quest with a mini-coil construction and well it's almost done! Pretty sweet stuff. When they are all complete I will try and photograph them for show and tell!

Stephanie Levy and Florian Wagner

Happy Monday! It's snowing again... oh joy. rapture and bliss ... oh well! At least the sun is shining inside artstream with these sunny yellows and greens. It really is fun to see these partner's works side by side - or in some cases directly together in the same works.

In It Takes Two (2), for those of you who haven't been able yet to stop by Stephanie Levy and her husband Florian Wagner have created singularly beautiful pieces alone - but when placed side by side, there is a remarkable relationship. I hope that these images bring a little bit of spring into your day!

Sneakers

I never blog too much about clothing or shoes, but while heading over to Zappos today for a little look, I found these sneakers. I love them. Bonus! Made by Dansko. FIT! I had been planning to buy a pair of Toms for the summer, but these are going to be in the running I am sure. Just something about red sneakers which make me gasp.

Thoughts of Spring

Good morning! We are still a frozen tundra like existence here at chez artstream, but it doesn't mean that we can't dream! Here is a vision to send you warming thoughts of a time not too far away, yet seemingly out of grasp in mid-February! Upcoming exhibitor, Chris Volpe's oil painting which welcomes spring in my heart: Clear Days

Making fused plastic bags into fabric ... a tutorial link

A very long time ago an old friend Kate Sweater, was featured in CRAFT magazine showing how she fused old plastic bags into fabric to make into a whole lotta fun, water resistant bags, dresses, and what not! Etsy posted their tutorial on their old blog and I thought I would pass it on here. After all, winter vacation is coming up and this my friends would be a fun time with the kids during the break! So hop over here to this link and get your plastic bag green recycling on.